Home Modification Design

Textile finishing includes various efforts to improve the properties of textile fabrics, whether for apparel, home, or other end uses. In particular, these processes are directed toward modifying either the fiber characteristics themselves or the gross textile end properties. Such modifications may be chemical or mechanical in nature. One modification that is not covered in this article relates to the dyeing of textiles and the dyestuffs employed for fibers however, areas that involve chemical finishing designed to modify the normal dye receptivity and the growing use of enzyme treatments are included. 

Screen-printed electrodes used for the PB modification were home produced. A detailed description of the electrodes used and of the procedure adopted for PB modification is found in Procedure 17 (in CD accompanying this book). The most important thing to note about this procedure is that it does not involve any electrochemical step and, for this reason, it has been designed as chemical deposition . This procedure is also very easy to perform and could be adapted to mass production of modified electrodes (see Procedure 17 in CD accompanying this book). The suitability of the proposed deposition procedure was carefully evaluated with different electrochemical techniques and its application in real samples has been summarised and discussed here. 

In homes, fuel cells may one day replace the batteries currently used to provide electrical power for cell phones, DVD players, and laptop computers. Fuel cell design is still in the prototype phase, although there is much interest in their development. We already know they can work, but modifications must still be made before they become reasonably priced and part of our everyday lives. 

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